AL-MANARA – Counselling and attendance for unaccompanied minor refugees

Title

AL-MANARA - Counselling and attendance for unaccompanied minor refugees

Main organization

Partners/Supporters

Sponsor/Funds programme

AL-MANARA is financed from the funds of the "Berlin against violence " Land Commission ("Berlin gegen Gewalt") in the context of the Berlin federal program “prevention of extremism” ("Radikalisierungsprävention").

Target

unaccompanied minor refugees

Objectives

In 2015 almost 80.000 Refugees came to Berlin. Over 4.000 of them were unaccompanied minors. This group is especially vulnerable and prone to islamistic recruitement. Violence Prevention Network has therefore installed a programme to counsel and attend unaccompanied minor refugees to immunize them against salafist extremism and islamistic recruiters.

Operational context

Berlin

Main activities

a) Consultation, monitoring and specific training for persons at risk of radicalization, Unaccompanied minors.
b) Exit Support: Consultation and dialogue with Radikalisierte.
c) Consultation for institutions and supporters in the discussion with religiously motivated extremism to reach the target group.

Duration

Individual

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